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I went to the office of Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority, commonly referred to as NADRA, to follow up on an unanswered request to change my registered religion from Muslim to Jewish. There, an official told me that, as per policy, changing my religion from Islam to any other faith would not be allowed. Only non-Muslims are allowed to change their registered religion — to Islam — he said.

When I asked why there was this double standard, he looked at me quietly for a few seconds and asked me, “Are you a Qadiani?” The derogatory word is frequently used to talk about Ahmadiyya Muslims. He repeated his bureaucratic statement and shooed me away. This is how my Pakistani ID says I am a Muslim named Faisal, my birth name. In my eyes, I’m Fishel the Jew. [link]